West Coast Conference
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The West Coast Conference was chartered by five Bay Area institutions (San Francisco, Saint Mary's, Santa Clara, San Jose State and Pacific) as the California Basketball Association. After two seasons of play under that name, the conference expanded to include Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine in 1955, and became the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1956. The name was shortened in 1989.
The current alignment of Gonzaga, LMU, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Diego, San Francisco and Santa Clara has remained unchanged since 1979, making the WCC the third most stable conference in the nation. Only the Ivy League and Pacific-10 Conference have been together longer.
All of the current members are private, religiously-affiliated institutions. The conference sponsors 13 sports but does not include football as one of them. In fact, San Diego is the only conference member that still plays football at any level.
From 1977 to 1984, the California schools competed in the Southern California Baseball Association or the Northern California Baseball Association, while Gonzaga University (which joined the WCC in 1979) and University of Portland (which joined the WCC in 1976) competed in the Northern Pacific Conference (1975-1981?) and Pacific-10 Conference (1982-1995).
[edit] 2012 Schools
- Brigham Young University
- Gonzaga University
- Loyola Marymount University
- Pepperdine University
- University of Portland
- Saint Mary's College of California
- University of San Diego
- University of San Francisco
- Santa Clara University
[edit] Conference Baseball Champions
- 1968 Santa Clara University
- 1969 Santa Clara University
- 1970 Santa Clara University
- 1971 Santa Clara University
- 1972 Santa Clara University
- 1973 Loyola Marymount University
- 1974 Pepperdine University
- 1975 Pepperdine University
- 1976 Pepperdine University
- 1985 Pepperdine University
- 1986 Loyola Marymount University
- 1987 Pepperdine University
- 1988 Pepperdine University
- 1989 Pepperdine University
- 1990 Loyola Marymount University
- 1991 Pepperdine University
- 1992 Pepperdine University
- 1993 Pepperdine University
- 1994 Santa Clara University
- 1995 Pepperdine University
- 1996 Santa Clara University
- 1997 Santa Clara University
- 1998 Loyola Marymount University
- 1999 Loyola Marymount University
- 2000 Pepperdine University
- 2001 Pepperdine University
- 2002 University of San Diego
- 2003 University of San Diego
- 2004 Pepperdine University
- 2005 Pepperdine University
- 2006 Pepperdine University
- 2007 University of San Diego
- 2008 University of San Diego
- 2009 Gonzaga University
- 2010 University of San Diego
- 2011 University of San Francisco
Sources: West Coast Conference & Wikipedia
